Count Froila of Asturias de Santillana

Count Froila of Asturias de Santillana (695-757) was the second son of Peter of Cantabria and brother of Alfonso I of Asturias.

Biography
Froila (Fruela in Spanish) was born in 695 to the House of Cantabria, a family of Catholic Visigoths, and he was the brother of Alfonso I of Asturias. He accompanied his brother on his campaigns against the Moors, and Froila helped in the conquest of Lugo, Tui, Oporto, Braga, Viseu, Chaves, Ledesma, and other cities from the Muslims during the Reconquista. His son would become Aurelio of Asturias in 768 after his death.